HC Deb 25 May 1978 vol 950 c660W
Mr. Stephen Ross

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions have taken place concerning improved pay and conditions for night patrol officers; and what has been the outcome.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The pay and conditions of service of all grades of the prison officer class, including night patrols, were reviewed as part of the recent negotiations on the pay of non-industrial civil servants, and improved rates are being introduced from 1st April, 1978. There have been no separate discussions on night patrols.